Astwood '10' 20/3/10 (2-up event)

Heavy overnight rain had passed over, leaving just a dreary cloudy sky when I set off to ride up to Astwood for the second event of the North Bucks Road Club time trial series.  Upon reaching the Astwood village hall, it was clear there was an excellent turnout.  Unfortunately, I didn't manage to sort out a 2-up partner, and chose to ride solo.  Ian Stokes was there with his exclusive hand-painted NBRC aero helmet, which I wasn't permitted to avoid complimenting - actually it's rather well executed.

After a bit of pootling about (and a little saddle tightening), I lined up at the start.  By this time the drizzle had started, and with a minute to go, the wind whipped up a bit and the rain turned rather heavy.  By then I was rather glad I wasn't paired up with a new TT partner, since the wheels I was using had carbon "no friction" rims!

Off down the opening stretch towards Chicheley, and I found things a bit twitchy, probably the combination of a new bike, the crosswind and the trispoke.  Prudence suggested I ease back at some points along that stretch, but once round the Chicheley turn, things got a bit better.  But the rain didn't ease until near the finish.

The icy winter hasn't been kind to the Astwood course, with numerous potholes having opened up - another potential problem in a 2-up.  Unusually, I stayed seated and on the tri-bars up the finishing climb.

Results

Course:- F5v/10 (Astwood)




2-up Event







Pos. on
Pos No Name Club Time Cat Vets Std .+ / - Vets Std









1 3 Jason Gurney TeamMK 21.53 V40



4 Simon Cannings TeamMK
S


2 19 Stuart Tarry Team Sanjan Design 23.50 S



20 Lindz Barral i-Team.CC
S


3 13 Mark Booth TeamMK 24.01 V41



14 Aleck. Hornshaw TeamMK
V47


4 7 Steve Torley TeamMK 25.02 S



8 Jamie Hawthorn TeamMK
S


5 11 Richard Gunner TeamMK 29.17 V41



12 Leah Williams TeamMK
L


6 1 Alan Lawson NBRC 31.47 V41



2 Frank Horwitz NBRC
V55


DNF 9 Ollie Creighton Roy Pink Cycles RT Off Course S



10 Paul Wright Roy Pink Cycles RT
S











Solo Event







Pos. on
Pos No Name Club Time Cat Vets Std .+ / - Vets Std









1 22 Rob Saunders NBRC 24.30 V50 27.33 +3.03 1
2 16 Ian Marshall TeamMK 24.31 V41 25.42 +1.11 2
3 17 Andy Sharman TeamMK 25.33 S


4 5 Matthew Barton TeamMK 26.35 V41 25.42 -0.53 5
5 18 Alan Crane Team Sanjan Design 26.45 V41 25.42 -1.03 6
6 15 Trevor Hook TeamMK 27.40 V52 27.59 +0.19 3
7 6 Ian Stokes NBRC 28.15 V50 27.33 -0.42 4
8 21 Tony Brunton NBRC 32.03 V44 26.18 -5.45 7









Time Keepers:- Steph Cousins & Tony Farmborough NBRC




Pusher Off :- Bryan Scarborough, Steve Abraham, Clive Faine